Flint, MI
Municipality in Michigan
United States
Flint, MI partners with University of Michigan on fiscal reporting modernization pilot
The university's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) is working with city officials on digital reports. The pilot started with converting the 2020 Annual Comprehensive Finance Report (ACFR) from a PDF into the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format. CLOSUP and Flint will instill XBRL standards into the reporting process going forward. This project involves reviews of 20 years of reports to determine how open data standards could have improved city finances.
Flint, MI
United States
Flint, MI Mass Transit Authority is digitizing operations via Optibus to improve transport services
The City of Flint's Mass Transit Authority is digitizing its operations with the cloud-based online platform Optibus in order to increase efficiency and combat driver shortages through data-driven decisions. The agency will be using Optibus end-to-end transportation planning and operations software to manage bus planning, scheduling, and rostering with the goal of increasing the quality of public transport services.
Flint, MI
United States